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Dead
Acacia erioloba
trees in
Deadvlei
, a white
claypan
inside
Namib-Naukluft Park
in the
Namib Desert
of
Namibia
. Deadvlei is surrounded by the highest
sand dunes
in the world, averaging 350 metres (1,150 ft) high. About 900 years ago,
drought
caused the dunes to block the
Tsauchab
river, which in turn killed the trees. However, because the desert is so dry, they do not
decompose
.
Photo:
Ikiwaner
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